Fire crews tackle fire behind Telford pub and in field in south Shropshire
Fire crews in Shropshire dealt with two outdoor fires on Friday afternoon (May 16).
A crew from Telford Central station was sent to a blaze in Manor Rise near Wellington around 1.45pm.
There the firefighters dealt with a fire involving grass and branches off a footpath at the rear of the Bridge Builder pub using a hose reel jet, a Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said.
Then at 2.40pm, three crews from Bishop's Castle fire station, Clun and Minsterley were called to a fire in a field at Lower Down near Lydbury North in south Shropshire.
The fire service spokesperson: "The incident involved one small field approximately 10 metres by 20 metres with stubble smouldering. Fire crews used 2 hose reel jets and drag rakes
"Fire crews are now damping down and turning over."
